prisoners

英 [ˈprɪznəz]

美 [ˈprɪzənərz]

n.  囚犯; 犯人; 羁押候审者; 被(敌人等)关起来的人; 俘虏; 战俘
prisoner的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 囚犯；犯人
  Aprisoneris a person who is kept in a prison as a punishment for a crime that they have committed.
  1. The committee is concerned about the large number of prisoners sharing cells.
     这个委员会对牢房拥挤问题表示担忧。
• N-COUNT 俘虏；战俘
  Aprisoneris a person who has been captured by an enemy, for example in war.
  1. ...wartime hostages and concentration-camp prisoners...
     战时的人质和集中营的战俘
  2. He was held prisoner in Vietnam from 1966 to 1973...
     他在1966年到1973年间被作为战俘关押在越南。
  3. He was taken prisoner in North Africa in 1942.
     他于1942年在北非被俘。
• N-COUNT 为…所困的人；陷于…不能摆脱的人
  If you say that you are aprisoner ofa situation, you mean that your are trapped by it.
  1. We are all prisoners of our childhood and feel an obligation to it...
     我们都无法忘记自己的童年时代，觉得仍然为它所缚。
  2. She was a prisoner of her own ego.
     她为自己的自尊心所困。

双语例句

• Leeds Prison is reported to have almost double the number of prisoners it's designed to accommodate.
  据报道利兹监狱里犯人的数量几乎已达该监狱设计可容纳人数的两倍了。
• The ceasefire resolution calls for the release of all prisoners of war.
  停火决议要求释放所有战俘。
• The exchange of prisoners of war was one of the key elements of the UN's peace plan.
  交换战俘是联合国和平计划的一个重要部分。
• A number of the prisoners we saw are starving
  我们看到的一些囚犯快要饿死了。
• Three prisoners were sharing one small cell 3 metres by 2 metres.
  3个囚犯关在一个3米长2米宽的小牢房里。
• Up to a thousand prisoners may be on the loose inside the jail
  监狱里可能有上千名囚犯跑出了牢房。
• The prisoners rioted against mistreatment by sadistic guards
  囚犯因不堪忍受狱警施虐而发动了暴乱。
• The government is devising a plan to liberate prisoners held in detention camps.
  政府计划释放关押在拘留营内的囚犯。
• Overcrowding is so bad that prisoners have to sleep in shifts, while others have to stand.
  过度拥挤的现象十分严重，囚犯们不得不轮流睡觉，其他人则只能站着。
• This will mean more remand prisoners being held in police cells
  这将意味着更多候审犯人会被拘押在警局拘留室。